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Moth Diary 2005

Click HERE for my 2004 Moth Diary

For a summary of moths in the Burnham and Berrow area, see The Birds and Moths of Burnham on Sea

Generally species only listed as first for the year unless particularly unusual.

12/9/05 Scarce Bordered Straw, Centre-barred Sallow

Between these dates my usual trap was unavailable and attempts to use my home-made skinner trap were generally very poor, hence the lack of updates.

22/6/05 Beautiful Hook-tip, Shore Wainscot, Snout.

20/6/05 Plain Golden Y

16/6/05 Cypress Carpet, Small Fan-foot, Narrow-winged Pug

12/6/05 Pale Tussock, Figure of Eighty

11/6/05 Smoky Wainscot, Obscure Wainscot, Grass Rivulet, Freyers Pug, Cypress Carpet.

10/6/05 Green Carpet, Cream-spot Tiger, Lime Hawk-moth, Scorched Carpet, Sand Dart, Dogs Tooth, Clouded Silver

2/6/05 Gold Spot, Setaceous Hebrew Character, Common Swift, Light Emerald, Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet

1/6/05 Lychnis, The Flame, The Delicate, Small Marbled, Shoulder-striped Wainscot, White Colon (2), Light Emerald, Brown Rustic, Ruddy Carpet (2)

28/5/05 Cinnabar

27/5/05 Small Dusty Wave, Peppered Moth, Shears, Reddish Light Arches, Sallow Kitten, White-line Dart (v. early!)

26/5/05 Cream Spot Tiger, Burnished Brass, Sandy Carpet, The Streamer, Clouded Silver, Common Swift, May Highflier, Marbled minor

25/5/05 Vines Rustic, Small Dusty Wave, Sharp-angled Peacock, Common Rustic, Small Square Spot

17/5/05 Buff-tip, Small Elephant Hawk-moth, Green Carpet, Silver Y, Common Marbled Carpet

11/5/05 Treble Lines

10/5/05 The Delicate, Light Brocade, Oblique Striped

7/5/05 Dusky Brocade

1/5/05 Yellow Belle, Eyed Hawk-moth, Small Phoenix, Poplar hawk-moth, The Mullein, Common Wave, Purple Bar, Chamomile Shark x 2, Small Waved Umber.

30/4/05 V Pug, Knot Grass, Least Black Arches, Chinese Character, Common Pug, Lime Speck Pug, Angle Shades, Chocolate Tip, The Spectacle, Shuttle-shaped Dart, Bright-line Brown Eye, Garden Carpet, Common Carpet, Brindled Beauty, Swallow Prominent, Herald Moth, Waved Umber, Grey/Dark Dagger, Diamond-backed Moth

29/4/05 Red Twin-spot Carpet, Pale Prominent, Flame Shoulder

23/4/05 Powdered Quaker, Brimstone

21/4/05 Muslin Moth

25/3/05 Dotted Chestnut

24/3/05 another different Small Eggar

21/3/05 2 Small Eggar (another photo here), Pale Brindled Beauty, Twin-spotted Quaker, Pale Mottled Willow, another Engrailed (unusual here), Early Thorn.

20/3/05 The Engrailed, Common Quaker, Clouded Drab, The Chestnut, Double-striped Pug

19/3/05 Dotted Border, Oak Beauty, March Moth, Hebrew Character, Early Grey